WVC 21 - 6 - 5
§21-6-5. Age certificate for employers; inquiry as to age;
revocation of certificate; supervision by state
superintendent of schools.

(a) Upon request of any employer who is desirous of employing
a child who represents his or her age to be sixteen years or over,
the officer charged with the issuance of work permits shall require
of the child the proof of age specified in section three of this
article, and, upon receipt thereof, if it be found that the child
is actually sixteen years of age or over, shall issue to the
employer a certificate showing the age and date and place of birth
of the child. The age certificate, when filed in the office of the
employer, must be accepted by an officer charged with the
enforcement of this article as evidence of the age of the child in
whose name it was issued.

(b) Any officer charged with the enforcement of this article
may inquire into the true age of a child apparently under the age
of sixteen years who is employed or permitted to work in any
gainful occupation and for whom no work permit or age certificate
is on file; and if the age of the child is found to be actually
under sixteen years, the employment of the child shall be
considered a violation of the provisions of this article.

(c) The state commissioner of labor may at any time revoke any
age certificate if in his or her judgment it was improperly issued,
and for this purpose he or she is authorized to investigate the
true age of any child employed as in the case of work permits.

(d) The issuance of work permits and of age certificates shall
be under the supervision of the state superintendent of schools.

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